New Beginnings

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Life is a never ending path of twists and turns.  Just when you think you’ve figured it all out things change….life happens in ways you never imagined they could.  I am right in the middle of all of this as health issues consume my family and leave me as caregiver for my beloved husband as well as my parents.  I’m featuring photos from my own camera as well as my dear friend, Nancy Kirkpatrick, and other photographers whose work I love…life is in bloom…enjoy!

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I am going through grief therapy, trying to find anything to help me hang on and fight the fight. I have been very private about this.  This is why I have not been writing my blog for months now.  No words could express what I am truly dealing with.

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Rebecca Louise Law

Today, I began a new journey.  I have connected with a wellness consultant, Carol O’Dell.  Carol is a friend, fellow author and has healed her own body having been caregiver to her mother who suffered from Alzheimer’s.  I’m looking forward to taking my health into my own hands.  We talked today about how I can tune into my body to find out what it wants me to do.

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Gentleness is the order of the day.  My appetite has disappeared and I know, in order to be healthy, I have to address it before my health fails.  I am not a disease, I am a work in progress.

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So join me, if you will, as I journal and blog about my work with Carol.  I expect it will be a very interesting time of self discovery and conscious eating.  I’m excited!  It’s one of the few things I have any control over.  Life is wonderful at all stages.  One has to embrace the “bad” with the good.  It’s all a challenge!  I look forward to sharing it all with you, my readers who have patiently waited for me to bring you into my new life.  A life I am determined to live….to grow….to love!  Because love, my friends, is all there is.

Simple Sundays

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Simple Sundays

It’s a gentle Sunday morning with so much to be grateful for!  My brother and his wife have been here with us all weekend celebrating family and life.  I wish we lived closer to each other but the times we do get share are that much more special because of the distance that separates us.

We’ve enjoyed great food and libation with plenty of time to talk and take care of things my parents need.

I chose a rather long play list today for you to enjoy.  Beautiful piano music!  Have a peaceful, loving Sunday!

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What a beautiful way to start a Sunday.  One of my favorite songs by such talented young people!  Enjoy!

Boundaries

As a blogger I share my writing with my readers.  But there are always boundaries as to how much of my personal life I share.  I have always written this blog as a form of creative therapy.  Over the past four years my laptop had seen many doctor’s offices and hospital rooms.  But I rarely shared that with you.

Now it has become routine to be taking either my mom, dad or Mr. T to any number of doctors depending on what the need is.

I began “grief” therapy several weeks ago as a means of dealing with all that is happening.  And I have to be honest and admit there are days when I am so overwhelmed by it all I can’t begin to think, much less write.

I felt the need to share this with those of you who have supported and followed me over the years.  I appreciate each of you and want you to know it.

I see life in such a different way now.  The responsibility of caring for my parents and husband is one I never take lightly.  And I have to add that my daughter never ceases to amaze me. Her selfless caring is above anything I have ever seen.  I must have done something right!

Right now I just want to say thank you and let you know how very grateful I am.  A new week has begun!  Please share what your hopes and goals are for today!  Keep on keeping on!

 


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Simple Sundays

 

I chose this song today because our country is navigating troubled waters.  I will not take sides but I will pray that reason, truth and justice will prevail!

 

 

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Still trying to fine tune my blog site!

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Today!

This is NOT a post!  It’s a picture taken locally that says…”It’s a new day….ENJOY”!  It’s a present….the present!  What will you do with it?